Mediated messages flood our daily lives, through virtually endless choices of media
channels, genres, and content. However, selectivity determines what media messages we …

Public stigma robs people with mental illnesses from rightful opportunities related to work
and other important life goals. Advocates have developed anti-stigma programs meant to …

The eighth edition of this text remains an indispensable resource for mass communication
psychology and media effects courses. This book gives readers an in-depth understanding …

This study measured arousal responses to multitasking by recording switches between
content on personal computers over a day. Results showed that switches occurred every 19 …

We develop a conceptual framework about the impact that branding activity (the audiovisual
representation of brands) and consumers' focused versus dispersed attention have on …

This study investigates the appeal of sensationalist television news. News stories were
content analyzed to measure the presence of sensationalist features. In addition, the stories …

Abstract Humans of New York (HONY) is a popular Facebook page which has more than 13
million fans. The posts on HONY are termed as networked narratives, which are stories told …

There is increasing evidence that citizens consume the news because it arouses them.
However, to explain the motivated processing of news messages, research usually focuses …

This study was designed to further our understanding of the central role of motivational
activation in mediated information processing and media choice. To do this, a dynamic …

This study theorizes that activation and decay of dual motivational systems function as the
mechanisms underlying excitation transfer theory. Following this reconceptualization, a …